Towel-dispensing device.



G. M. HUBINGER.4 TOWEL DISPENSING DEVICE.v APPLICATION HLED JUNE 8. 1916.

Patented June 4 19N.

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GEORGE 1v1. HUBINGEE, or MILWAUKEE; WISCONSIN,- .Assn-1Note` ro S'IAE nErAcIInELE TOWEL-HOLDER co.,` OEMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATIONv OE WISCONSIN.

To all will/07111, may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. I-IBINGER,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee in" the county of Milwaukee `and `State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel-DispensingDevices, of which the following iS a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof. e e e This invention relates more particularly toindividual towel servicemand supply deeral figures. l

Figure l is alside.` elevation showing a towel dispensing device embodying the inventionl as installed readyfor servicegFig.

12 is an enlarged view` of thesame partly in side elevation andpartly in Section; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view similar.. to Fig. 2, showing the stop and releasing member in delivery position. e e

" The devices comprisesla round metal hanger roda, on which a numberof towels b, provided witheyelets for gromets` 0, are adapted to be strung and held in convenient condition for delivery and use. vIt is removably fitted and adapted` to be held preferably in a downwardlyinclined position', as shown, in a socket ofa bracket or fixture d, which may be fastened to the wall of a cabinetor roomfwherel the device is Ito be used. Theend of therod which is fitted in the bracket or fixture d, is pointed, beveled `or roundedas shownin Fig.` 2, to facilitate Stringing towels thereon and inserting itin the socket of the bracket or fixture.

It is formed adjacent toitsbeveled or `rounded.. and with circumferential groove e, *for Specication of Letters Patent. i Patented June, d, 1918, Appli-cation filed .Tune 8, 1916. SerialN'o.102,403.` i

`locking `or fastening itin thebracket or l fixture` by means of a pin f or othersuitable fastening orlocking device., TheA removal and loss of the pin f, which fits freely in a hole intersecting the socket `the bracket or fixture, is prevented by `a stud or lug g, projecting over it from the base or other` part of the bracket. i

At its other end the rod a is formed with a longitudinal slot or recess `@terminating at its inner end in a beveled or inclined stop shoulder z'. In this slot or recess is pivoted on a cross pin j, a stop and releasing member or arm 7o, which is .formed at its pivoted end with a: laterally, inwardly and downwardly inclined or curved spur Z, adapted l by engagement with the stop shoulder z', as shown in Fig. 2, to limit the downwardY and'backward movement of said member or arm.` e e A shoulder Or projection m, formed on the pivoted end of the member or `arm 7c,

is adapted by engagement with the upper end of the stop shoulder z', as shown in Fig.

"3, to limit the upward and outward movement of said member or arm in its `delivery Aposition in` approximate alinementwith the roda.

` A. transferholderen, foriusfed towels,l is

connected withthefree end of themember or arm 7c so'as to receiye towelstherefrom "as they are withdrawn fromthe rod a. This `transfer holder is preferably made of some `flexible, material such as a chain, wirefor small cable, which may beconveniently 3wrapped around ,a bunch of towels strung on the rod, to hold them` in a compact bundle for transportation and delivery, and which,

when therod is inserted `and held in a bracket orlxture OZ, will permit freedom of use by one or more personsof a towel `or towels withdrawn. from the rod, but still retained on the flexible transfer holder. e

lTo `prevent `unauthorized removal and `theft or loss oftowels, the device is provided with 10er Stops` 0,1011@ of Whhis applied to the rod a `adjacent to the end opposite the member or arm le, and the other to the free end of the transfer holder n. These stops,'which may be like or similar to those shown andde'scribed in my said arm is turned from its normal pendant In witness whereof I hereto affix my sigposltlon mto approxlmate ahnement wlth nature 1n presence of two Wltnesses. the rod to separate and release the outer towel from others suspended on said rod, GEGRGL M' HUBINGEL" 5 and a flexible transfer holder connected at Witnesses:

one end With said member and adapted to CEAS. L. Goss,

receive towels therefrom. ALICE E. Goss.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. 0. 

